MODULE 1.1b – Discussion Instructions: Click and read the Case Study below and post answers. Chapter 14 – Ca

NUR4636 – Community Health Nursing

Case Study

Chapter 14

Theoretical Basis of Community/Public Health Nursing

Public health nursing is a community-oriented, population-focused nursing specialty

that is based on interpersonal relationships. The unit of care is the community or

population rather than the individual, and the goal is to promote healthy

communities. The community health nurse has been assigned to count and

interview homeless people sleeping in the local park to help in identifying programs

to provide food, clothing, shelter, health care, and job training for the population.

The community health nurse has to consider the eight principles of public health

nursing in community health nursing practice when completing the assignment

1. There are essential characteristics of nursing service when a community is

the client. Describe community-oriented, population-focused care, and

relationship-based care. What type of care is been completed by the

community health nurse who has been assigned to count and interview

homeless people sleeping in the local park to help in identifying programs to

provide food, clothing, shelter, health care, and job training for the

population?

2. The goals of public health nursing, to promote and protect the health of

communities, are facilitated by adhering to eight principles identified by the

American Nurses Association (2007) for public health nursing practice. The

community health nurse has to consider the eight principles of public health

nursing in community health nursing practice when completing the

assignment with homeless individuals. What are the eight principles?

3. There are numerous models of nursing practice that can be utilized in

community health nursing practice. Theories and models of

community/public health nursing practice aid the nurse in understanding the

rationale behind community-oriented care. What are five of these models of

nursing practice with a brief summary of the model?